iPad and Twitter fans will rejoice. The official Twitter app for Apple’s tablet is here, and the reviews are in. The results have been quite good. Here’s some of the buzz: The official Twitter app for iPad is finally here, and star developer Loren Brichter has polished yet another gem. Twitter for iPad sports a [...]
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Apple relaunches Apple TV
Apple has relaunched the Apple TV as version 2 — which is 4th the size of the previous version. All HD (when available). All rental with no purchases. No longer offer storage – which features streaming and no synching. “Silent, cool and tiny,” said Steve Jobs. And for only $99. Coming in 4 weeks that [...]
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Apple launches Ping for iTunes – a social network for music
Coming in the new iTunes 10, including a new logo, is Ping — a social network for music similar to Facebook. As we mentioned, Lady Gaga visited Apple last week — and she was very much featured in the new Ping featured within iTunes. “Ping is a social music discovery — where you can follow [...]
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Apple Launches New iPod Nano with Multi-Touch
No more buttons! Bringing the multi-touch functionality from the iPad and iPhone, the new iPod Nano is unbuttoned — with full multi-touch support. Here’s the new colors below, including a Product RED option, with prices set at $149 for 8GB of storage or $179 for 16GB. Apple® today unveiled a completely redesigned iPod nano® featuring [...]
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First Look at the New Apple iPod Shuffle
Coming in a variety of colors for only $49. The button is back, and this model’s got up to a 15 hour battery life, is available in five colors, and will run you $49. Apple® today announced the new redesigned iPod shuffle® which features both clickable “ring” buttons and Apple’s innovative VoiceOver technology, enabling users [...]
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Apple to launch AirPlay
Stream audio, video, pictures on your iPad with AirPlay — which replaces AirTunes. Media streaming just became much easier — the AirPlay feature will be included in the new update to iOS 4.2 coming in November. iOS 4.2 will bring wireless printing as well. AirPlay lets you stream music throughout your entire house — wirelessly. [...]
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Sony introduces three new touchscreen eReaders
The eReader market continues to gear up. This time it’s Sony on the move. The electronics giant will introduce three new Sony Reader eBooks, updating their old line with new features and new prices. The new devices are the Reader Pocket Edition, Reader Touch Edition and Reader Daily Edition. They are smaller, litter and more [...]
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Apple to unveil upgraded iPod, Apple TV and iTunes TV show rentals
All eyes are on Apple, as a major upgrade to their Apple TV is expected to be unveiled at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts — with a Netflix partnership, and 99 cent TV show rentals via iTunes from Fox and ABC. Additionally, the iPod is expected to be significantly upgraded. Here’s the buzz [...]
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Gmail Priority Inbox
There’s a great new featuring coming from Gmail, a new Priority Inbox feature which knows which emails are important to you. If you’re tired of email overload, Priority Inbox splits your inbox into three sections: “Important and unread,” “Starred” and “Everything else. Here’s more from Google: As messages come in, Gmail automatically flags some of [...]
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Kindle expands into retail market with Staples
Amazon’s Kindle, which has seen great sales leaps with the recent price slashes – not to mention updated models – is expanding its retail presence through office supply giant Staples. Staples will start selling the devices at its more than 1,500 U.S. stores starting this fall. Amazon’s strategy is to counter the advantage Barnes & [...]
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Shoppers are Eyeing Tablets more than Laptops, Netbooks, PCs
The iPad has – apparently – started a revolution. A recent study by Forrester Research shows that 14% of U.S. consumers plan to buy a tablet computer within the next year. Here’s a rundown of the survey results: 14% tablet 13% laptop 11% eBook reader 8% netbook 8% PC
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Netflix for iPhone and iPod Touch
Want to stream Netflix shows and TV on a tiny screen? Well now you can. The Netflix iPhone app is now available on iTunes and it offers the same functionality you know and love on the iPad but on the smaller devices. Here’s the news from Netflix: Netflix, Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX) today announced the availability [...]
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Lady Gaga Visits Apple HQ, Apple Holding Music-Related Event On September 1
Apple Inc. on Wednesday raised the speculation that it will update its line of iPods, and possibly its Apple TV set-top box, by sending out invitations to the media to a company event in San Francisco on Sept. 1. Apple has historically held a media event in September in which is has unveiled new or [...]
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99-cent TV Show Rentals for Apple TV
Bloomberg news is reporting that at a September 7 press event Apple will introduce a 99-cent TV show rentals, along with the $99 Apple TV – which many are referring to as iTV. Rumors of Apple trying to get a 99-cent TV show rental have been going on for about a year, but it’s taken [...]
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No Glasses 3D TV Coming by End of 2010
Toshiba is reportedly bringing out by end of the year a 3D TV that will not need special glasses. The technology, called autosterescopic 3D, is being worked on by various companies, but Toshiba’s rumored launch of it in Japan by year’s end would be an earlier than expected reveal of the technology. Most expected glass-less [...]
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iMac Touch Reportedly in Works
A patent filed by Apple suggests an iMac Touch might be in the works. The idea would be that a user could switch between a mouse-like device or use the touch screen. Apple has been moving users to the ‘touch’ mode with the iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad – and even the recent Magic Trackpad. A [...]
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Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg VS David Fincher’s The Social Network
“It’s crazy because all of a sudden Mark becomes this person who created Facebook to get girls or to gain power,” said Chris Hughes, a Facebook co-founder who left in 2007 to join the Obama presidential campaign. “That’s not what was going on. It was a little more boring and quotidian than that.” Scott Rudin, [...]
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BlackBerry Torch by RIM Review
Smart phone review: The BlackBerry Torch by RIM. The device tries hard to be the phone for both the office and the home. Although it does some things well, it’s neither the strongest office tool nor the ideal touch-screen device. Since I only had the BlackBerry Torch 9800 for a little over a day for [...]
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Foursquare Talks about Facebook Places
Foursquare’s VP of Mobile Holger Luedorf (who needs to wash his greezy hair) discusses the rivals’ relationship and how users are engaging with Facebook Places.
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Time, People, SI and Fortune heading to iPad
Until now, the iPad versions of People, Time, Sports Illustrated and Fortune have cost the same as the newsstand price — $3.99 for each issue of People, $4.99 to $5.99 each for the rest — even if you were already paying to get the paper edition in the mail. That changed with this week’s People [...]
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